Cascadia VenomCollection

Free Hornet & Yellowjacket Nest Removal in the South Puget Sound

***We are an essential business and will be working through the Covid-19 response***Our collection season is just getting started! Please request a removal online if you have an active hornet or yellowjacket nest. We're also collecting HONEYBEE SWARMS! Please leave a message at 866-1834 if you have found a swarm!

ALERT: Include information on active seasons or other important items

We are now done collecting nests for the 2017 season. Thank you for visiting our website. Please be in touch next year!

We remove exposed “paper ball” type nests as well as concealed, in-ground nesting species. The insects collected are sold to labs that extract their venom for use in allergy immunotherapy.

Unless you have over a dozen, active flat paper nests with the exposed honeycomb-like structure, we only remove them from places we are already removing yellowjackets or hornets.

We also collect honeybee swarms in the Springtime, and can remove established honeybee hives between the months of March and June. All honeybees collected will be organically managed for pollination and honey production. If you ever happen upon a honeybee swarm or an established honeybee hive, DO NOT SPRAY IT! Give us a call!

We only collect *UNSPRAYED* nests!

Insects that are treated with any pesticides or chemicals are not allowed for use in human allergy immunotherapy. Therefore, we will not collect nests that have been messed with in any way. Oftentimes, spraying a nest with pesticides is not even effective in completely killing the colony. It is very easy to tell if nests have been sprayed, and we charge a service fee of $50 for travel expenses and will not remove the nest or insects if we arrive and find this to be the case.

Please, leave the nest alone and call us for free removal and cleanup.

We do not remove Bumblebees! Or any solitary species.

Unless disturbed, most bumblebee species are not aggressive and stings from them are almost unheard of. Bumblebees have a very short annual lifecycle, typically between two and three months. Be grateful for their presence, appreciate them from a distance and feel lucky you are able to host these amazing pollinators!

Bumblebees are valuable native pollinators and we do not remove them. Solitary bees are completely non-aggressive and should also be embraced and left alone!

The Chemical-Free Removal Process

Using a protective bee suit, gloves and boots, we place a small vacuum powered trap next to the entrance of the nest. Next, we disturb the nests and vacuum up the insects as they come out to defend their colony. We continue to vacuum at the entrance of the nest for up to an hour to ensure we collect nearly all of the workers as they return from foraging and attempt to return home.

Once we have collected all the live insects, we immediately freeze them using dry ice to preserve their venom. We then remove the nest itself along with the paper combs and clean up any remaining debris.

We frequent Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Rochester, Centralia, Shelton, Tenino, Rainier & Yelm. If you don't live in one of these areas, you may not hear back from us during our peak season.

Hold the pesticides!

The exact areas covered depends on species needed, time of year, and particular insect populations which vary year to year. We encourage you to contact us and give us the opportunity to collect your nest before attempting to use pesticides or chemicals to kill the nest.

If you find a HONEYBEE SWARM, please leave us a message at 360-866-1834! We will get back to you shortly.

We are beginning to schedule yellow hornet removals! If you have an active nest that looks like a paper ball with a hole at the bottom of it, or suspect you have yellow hornets living in your birdhouse, soffit, roof cavity, or the like- please complete an online removal request!

Hornets and yellowjackets are not actually aggressive, only defensive in protecting their nests. If you are able to give their nest location some space (15-20') until we are able to remove them, they will not give you any trouble.

You can read all about the insects we collect and their annual lifecycle on the insect ID pages of our website.

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